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Huygens Lands!

ESA's probe Huygens has successfully landed on Saturn's largest moon Titan. A wonderful achievement. It has even started to send back pictures and the first ones have been sent back and can be seen as raw images at
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/SEMBQO71Y3E_0.html The images are quite impressive and are going to produce lots of detailed science. Audio recordings of the surface can also be found at http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM85Q71Y3E_index_0.html
For more see:
ESA Site - http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/index.html
Astronomy Now Article - http://www.spaceflightnow.com/cassini/050112huygenspre.html
NASA Article - http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/30dec_titan.htm

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